THIS EXCITING WEEKEND

 

THE Hard Part-Stage Fright

 Now comes the finishing touches. I had a real hard time finding frames for the 30 x 30 cm. paintings, and was starting to panic-they just wouldn't stand on their own as a wood panel, but after some creative searching, I landed 10 frames for them just in time. Also, the smaller acrylic paintings on paper needed framing, so off to find those on Saturday.  Now I need to freshen up the edges on the canvas paintings and choose which ones will make the cut this time around. 

I have had a really productive period since returning from vacation, and practically skip to the studio nearly every day. One thing I have noticed, though, is that, now that I am freely using more tools and materials to create with (collage/markers/colored pencils/sandpaper/trowels/chopsticks (!!), etc....literally anything that I can get my hands on, my space in my new, larger studio is shrinking. New table to be able to work on collage/mixed media experimentation, not to mention all the new work, is making it not feel quite as spacious as it did 4 months ago. It's going to force me to be better organised, I guess. 

I hope that I see many friends (new and old) this weekend at Sandviken - Båthuset. We'll be opening the doors at 11:00 Saturday and Sunday -open til 16:00 (4 p.m.) It would be nice if we actually HAD to worry about controlling how many people can be in at a time, and just nice that people don't have to sign in (contact tracing) or wear masks (unless they are un vaccinated)-just keep our 1 meter distance and things should be fine. We'll have the usual hand sanitiser at the door. 

Here's a little sample of what's going to be hung on my section of the exhibit ......